MEMOR N UM
FOR:
FROM:SUBJECT:
 U
15Wfi
FieldOfficeDirectors
DeputyFieldOfficeDirectors
Assistant
Field
OfficeDirectors
ICEHealthServiceCorps.
Thomas
Homan
ExecutiveAsso
IdentificaLj^iiandMonitoringofPregnantDetainees
 ffice
of
 nforcement
and
Removal
 perations
U.S.
Department
of
Homeland
Security
500
12th
St.SW
Washington.DC20536
U.S.
Immigration
and
CustomsEnforcement
1.
Purpose/Background.
1.1U.S.Immigrationand
Customs
Enforcement(ICE)EnforcementandRemovalOperations(ERO)mustconsiderandaddresstheparticularneedsandvulnerabilities
of
pregnantwomendetainedinitscustody.AsdirectedinSecretaryJohnson smemorandum,entitled
Policiesforthe pprehension DetentionandRemoval
 
UndocumentedImmigrants
(Nov.20,2014),absentextraordinarycircumstancesorthe
requirement
of
mandatorydetention,pregnantwomenwillgenerallynotbedetainedbyICE.WhiledetainedinICEcustody,pregnantwomenwillbere-evaluatedregularlyto
determineifcontinueddetentioniswarranted,receiveappropriateprenatalcare,andbe
appropriatelymonitoredbyICEforgeneralhealthandwell-being.
1.2Thismemorandumsetsforthprocedurestoensurethatpregnantindividualsdetainedin
ICEcustodyareidentified,monitored,andhousedinthemostappropriatefacilityto
managetheircare.Thememorandumoutlinestherelevantresponsibilities
of
offices
within
ERO
to
identify
and
track
pregnant
detainees
ensure
that
they
are
receivingappropriateprenatal
care
and
re evaluatetheircontinueddetention
onan
ongoing
basis.
1.3
ThismemorandumcodifiesexistingICEpolicyandproceduresthataddressthe
identificationandmonitoringofpregnant
women
detainedinICEcustody,and
complementsICE snationaldetentionstandardsandICEHealthServiceCorps(IIISC)
policies,includingthosereferencedbelow.
Unlessstatedotherwise,anyreferenceto
 ICE s
nationaldetentionstandards withinthismemorandumrefersto
the
2000
NationalDetentionStandards,the
2008
Performance-BasedNationalDetentionStandards,andthe2011
Performance-Based
NationalDetentionStandards.
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